Example sentences of "[not/n't] understand [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just do not understand at all . ’ |
| 2 | They set off , but the Friar did not understand at first whom they were following ; it was as though he believed that the children had taken his sack . |
| 3 | One of the most frequent reactions to the observation that many people do not understand about mental handicap is to question why they should . |
| 4 | The main elements of this configuration are : that there is an unconscious which affects actions in ways the conscious self can not understand without interpretative aids ; that sexuality is a key area of human conduct , and childhood a key phase of human biography ; that culture can be understood as a scene of interaction between unconscious motor forces and consciously established norms . |
| 5 | ‘ There 's so much I do n't understand about all this , ’ she said . |
| 6 | He added with a hint of apology : ‘ I do n't understand about this sort of thing . ’ |
| 7 | There was an awful lot he did n't understand about this strange world . |
| 8 | You know erm I ca n't understand to this day why he did it . |
| 9 | But what I could n't understand with this Soun this fella that |
| 10 | did n't understand for two years I mean told the regulator |
| 11 | I just do n't understand at all . ’ |
| 12 | She did n't understand at all . |
| 13 | She did n't understand at all . |
| 14 | ‘ I think John 's between record contracts , too , which I ca n't understand at all . |
| 15 | Well the next point is between Roger and John , I did n't understand at all so could you |
| 16 | Do n't understand at all . |
| 17 | But that was where the trouble came when I lost my sight he was left with both the practical side and the er bookkeeping as well which he did n't understand at all . |
| 18 | The proprietor must have thought that they were lovers because he showed them to the most secluded table in the place , talking all the while in rapid French , which she could n't understand at all , but which Piers had no trouble in comprehending . |
| 19 | ‘ You do n't understand at all , ’ said the wizard wearily . |
| 20 | I 'll bet it is , Leith thought , but could n't understand at all why she should all at once feel something that felt mightily like jealousy , at the sudden mental picture of a stream of blondes passing through his flat . |
| 21 | He does n't understand at all , children say things to him at school he 's very mixed up i 'm going to have to seek a lot of help for all the children.He asked me : ’ Am I going to get the bike back for Mark and Thomas to ride on the child 's seat ? ’ |
| 22 | I do n't understand at all . |
| 23 | The children did n't understand at first , but when it was later explained to them , they were enormously proud that she should have singled them out for a visit . |
| 24 | He did n't understand at first . |
| 25 | And told me of the fraternising between British and German troops on Christmas day in the trenches , and I could n't understand at first how you could shoot at someone all week , then make friends with them for one day , knowing you would try and kill each other again the next . |
| 26 | I did n't understand at first . |
| 27 | I did n't understand at that point . ’ |
| 28 | Ex-alignment maps are vital to good railway understanding while on the walk and I really ca n't understand in these days of easily accomplished and cheap computer graphic why Martin plumped for his own blobbing pen . |